Yannis Zabetakis

passengers are temperature-scanned

to detect anyone with fever…
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-today’s posting has a title with 3 words…one wrong, one OK and one …predictive.

the flu is here and all over the place. It is spreading with amazing vitesse…another proof that today the world’s economy and …politics are completely globalised so any communist party anywhere in the world is simply out of touch.

The flu virus though is not …swine!
So, the second word is wrong!
It has not been linked to any pigs, swine whatever you call the pig…or pork
Scientifically, we should call this virus with a name based on its origin, i.e. central America since it started from Mexico, or even Mexico-flu-virus-strain-09 (as we found it accidentally on 2009!).

And thirdly, the word …”pandemic” is predictive and possibly exaggerating. This case is not pandemic yet and it may never become one!
As pandemic means
“prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area”, this case of this Mexico-flu-virus-strain-09 flu is NOT prevalent in such a huge area so to be called pandemic…
Journalists may call it whatever they want but Scientists should be a bit more low profile…

Finally, I am utterly dissapointed from the scare that is spreading to people. A scared person is a sign of a misinformed citizen. An hour ago, the teacher of my son asked me if it is OK to go to UK in…July…
I do not blame the teacher, but I wonder what are UN, WHO, EU and all this posh-bluddyUSELESS-abbreviations of bureaucrats are doing to inform in time ?

The virus is like any other flu virus, we do NOT need to carry masks… we simply need to follow extremely carefully the good hygiene practices (good wash, not messing with noses and mouths, not unnecessary kissing).

Let’s use our common sense, please!
Enough of the WHO-UN-EU bullshits…

Last but not least, pork is 100,000 % safe to eat as long it is cooked properly, i.e. for 10-15 mins over 72 degrees C.